The Election Commission on Tuesday overruled Ashok Lavasa’s demand for making a member’s dissent on model code of conduct violation cases public and decided that dissent notes and minority views would only be a part of the record but not included in its order.
Sources said CEC Sunil Arora and election commissioner Sushil Chandra were of the opinion that MCC matters were not quasi-judicial proceedings and hence did not require dissent or minority views to be conveyed as part of the final order. They concurred that while a member’s dissenting view must be mandatorily recorded in quasi-judicial rulings issued by the EC after hearings, dissent/minority views in MCC cases should be recorded only on file.
The Election Commission on Tuesday overruled Ashok Lavasa’s demand for making a member’s dissent on model code of conduct violation cases public and decided that dissent notes and minority views would only be a part of the record but not included in its order.
Sources said CEC Sunil Arora and election commissioner Sushil Chandra were of the opinion that MCC matters were not quasi-judicial proceedings and hence did not require dissent or minority views to be conveyed as part of the final order. They concurred that while a member’s dissenting view must be mandatorily recorded in quasi-judicial rulings issued by the EC after hearings, dissent/minority views in MCC cases should be recorded only on file.
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